Karl Alexander Herklots was born in
Dulzen, a small village a short distance to the southwest of
Preußisch Eylau, at that time in
East Prussia. He studied
Jurisprudence at
Königsberg, some 30 km (18 miles) to the north, and then in 1779 took a job as a
referendary at the Prussian
high court in the city. In 1790 he moved to
Berlin, taking a post at the so-called
"Kammergericht" (Berlin supreme court). Very quickly he formed links with the city's
Hoftheater (Court theatre), producing a large number of introductory prologues and poems. He also delivered almost 70 translations from French and Italian, including those of
La vestale by
Spontini, of
Alceste by
Gluck and of
Giulietta e Romeo by
Zingarelli. ==Works (not a complete list)==